Food and water dish for animals



Feb. 27', 1940. v TRAMPIER, SR 2,191,811

I FOOD AND WATER DISH FOR ANIMALS Filed May 2, 1939 6.18. Tram 01hr, Jr.

Patented Feb. 27, 1940 v p UNlTED S'id'liEfi earner 2,191,811 FOOD ANDWATER DISH Foe ANIMALS Charles B. Trampier, Sr., St. Louis, Mo.

Application May 2, 1939, Serial No. 271,385

1 Claim. (01. 119-51 This invention relates to an improved food andbowl. It will thus be seen that when food and water dish for animals andit is one object of water are in the bowl, insects will be prevented theinvention to provide a dish of this character from crawling into thebowl and contaminating of such construction that the main receptacle forthe contents thereof. The bowl is divided into holding food and drinkingwater is surrounded compartments 3 and 4 by apartition 5, the-com- 5 bya trough adapted to be filled with water and partment 3 being for foodand the compartment constitute a water barrier serving to prevent bugs tbeing for water. and other insects from crawling up the sides of Thetrough is to be filled with water and water the bowl or main receptacleand into the same. is delivered into the trough from the compart-Another object of the invention is to provide a ment 4 of the bowlthrough a tube 6 which is 0 dish of this character wherein the trough ispreferably formed integral with the bowl but formed integral with thebottom of the main may be a tube set in place through the bowl and bowland serves not only as a trough to be filled rigidly united theretoduring manufacture of the with water but also constitutes an enlargedbase dish. While the tube has been shown close to for the bowl andprevents the same from being the partition, it will be understood thatit may easily tipped and the contents of the bowl spilled v be locatedat any point desired in which its lower when an animal is feeding ordrinking from the end will extend downwardly from the bowl and bowl.into the trough, as shown in Fig. 3. The upper A further object of. theinvention is to provide portion of the be p o p y into the a dish havingmeans for delivering water from bowl sufiicientlyto create a desireddepth ofwater 20 the main bowl to the trough, thus allowing the in thebowl before the water will overflow through trough to be filled from thebowl instead of by the tube and fill the trough. It will'thus be seenpouring water directly into the trough. that when water is poured intothe compartment And the invention has as a still further object 4, itwill fill the compartment to the upper end to provide a dish consistingof a bowl and trough of the tube and then flow thrcugh'the tube andformed as a single unit and capable of being fill the trough. An animalmay then drink from 25 manufactured at low cost and sold at a reasonthecompartment or chamber 6 and the water'in able price, the trough willvery eifectively prevent insects The invention is illustrated in theaccompanyfrom reaching the bowl and crawling up the ing drawing,wherein: I sides thereof and into the compartment 3 where 30 Fig. 1 is atop plan view of a food and water" fo is p d f r the animal. dish of theimproved construction. If desired, water may be poured directly intoFig. 2 is a sectional view on an enlarged scale, the trough instead ofbeing delivered from the taken diametrioally'through the dish on theline owl into the ug Insect repelling p w 2-2 of Fig. 1. or anyothersuitable substance may be placed in 35 Fig. 3 is a fragmentarysectional View taken the trough, instead of water, if desired. along theline 33 of Fig.1. Having thus described the invention, what is Thisimproved food and water dish has a bod claimed is: or main receptacle inthe form of a bowl I, which An animals dish comprising a bowl, a trough40 may be of any desired diameter anddepth, Th surrounding the lowerportion of said bowl, a 40 dish is preferably formed of pottery but itis to partition extending horizontally through t e bowl be understoodthat it maybe formed of any and dividing the bowl into a foodcompartment desired material. About the bottom of the bowl and a watercomp t ent, and a conduit exjs formed a, trough 2 .which is ofappreciably tending vertically through the Wall Of the bOWl greaterdiameter than the bottom of the bowl, with its lower p r i n extendin dwnwar ly 45 as shown in Fig. 2, and projects radially theretherefromexternally of the bowl and into the from to such an extent that itserves as an trough, the upp portion of the Conduit D enlarged base forthe bowl and prevents the jecting up y from the W l along a S de of bowlfrom being easily tipped over and the con-. he p r o W its pp endterminating in tents thereof spilled upon the ground or the downwardSpaced relation to the pper ed e of 50 floor of a room. Walls of thetrough extend the partition whereby Water y accumulate in upwardly tosuch an extent that quite a depth the Water compartment to apredetermined pt of water may b h ld in th trgugh d tiand overflowthrough the conduit and fill the tute a water barrier which will veryeffectively troughprevent bugs and other insects from reaching theCHARLES TRAMPIER, SR. 55

bowl and crawling up the sides thereof intothe

